Wagon end-gate and shoveling-board.



no. 698,604. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

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WAGON END GATE AND SHOVELING BUARD/ (Application filed Sept. 9. 1901.)

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UNITE ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID K. wine, or LAKE CITY, IOWA.

WAGON END-GATE AND SHDOVELING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 698,604, dated ril 29,1902.

Application filed September 9, 1901. Serial No. 74,737. (No nodal.)

To alfiwhom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, DAVID K.WIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lake City, in the county of Calhoun and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improve.

means whereby the lower end portion of the end-gate may be released, soas to swing rearwardly and permit the discharge of the contents of thewagon-box Without removing the end-gate from theWagon-box; and, further,

' it is my object to provide improved means whereby the end-gate may beswungto a position in line with the top of the wagon-bed and therefirmly held, so as not to interfere with the placing of articles in thewagon-bed or removing them therefrom,all of which may.

be accomplished without detaching the end gate and shoveling-board fromthe wagon-box. In all of the above operations none of the parts areremoved from the device, and hence.

are not liable to be lost. A j My invention consists in'certain detailsin the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various partsof the dev ce whereby the objects contemplated are attained, ashereinafter more fully set forth, pointedout in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich-- Figure 1 shows inperspective the rear end portion of the wagon-box with my improved endgate and shoveling -'board connected therewith and supported in positionfor use as a shoveling-board. Fig. 2 shows a like viewwith the end-gateand shoveling-board supported in position parallel with the top of thewagon-box. L A i Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used thereference-numeral 10 toin dicate the wagon-box. At the rear end of thewagon-box is a cross-piece 11, secured to the under surface thereof andprojected rearwardly and laterally a slight distance beyond the rear endand sides of the wagon-box.

face of the wagonebox atits rear end. These uprights preferablyextend ashort distance above the top of the wagon-boxand are connected with thewagon-box in any ordinary way. At the upper portions of the uprights .12I have pivoted the arms'13, having openings 14 in their ends. Thepivoted ends of the arms 13 are pivoted to a plate 15, secured to theupright 12 and having a stop 16, de-. signed to receive the arms 13 whenthey are at the downward limit of their movement, which limit issubstantially in a horizontal plane, Hence the said arms may freelyswing from-the horizontal position toa vertical position. Nearthelowerends of the uprights 12 are two arms 17, similar to the arms 13,except that they are not pivoted, and they project straight downwardly.They are pro- At the sides of the wagon-box, in front of the uprights12, are the metal loops 19, proposes, hereinafter madeclear, and on theunder surface of the wagon-box are the hooks of which will bedescribedhereinafter.

The end gate proper comprises a fiat back 21. and side pieces 22, saidside pieces being H arranged to overlap the side pieces 12 and fit"closely thereto. On the rear surface of the end-gate are thecross-pieces 23, and at each end of each cross-piece is an opening 24,which extends through the cross-piece and also through the back 21.These openings are designed to receive the ar1ns'13 and 17, so that saidarms may project through the end-gate when it is in its closed position.I have provided means whereby the end-gate may be locked to the arms 13and 17, as follows: Fulcrumed to thecross-ipieces 23 are the levers 25.Pivoted to each of the levers 25,

are the slide-bolts 26, the outer ends of which These bolts whenextended pass over the openings 24., and obviously when the arms 13 Twouprights 12 are secured to the outer sur at the opposite sides of itsfulcrumed point,

pass through the eyes 27 toserve as guides.

vided at their rear ends with the openings 18.

jecting laterally from the wagon-box for pur- 20, directly below. theloops 19, the function and 17 are passed through the openings 24 r andthe said bolts are in their extended position they will pass through theopenings 14 and 18. Then the levers may be firmly locked in suchposition by means of the hooks 28, which are secured to the rear endof'the endgate. To unlock the bolts 27, it is only necessary to move thelevers 25 to substantially vertical positions.

Fixed to the central portions of the side piece 22 of the end-gate arethe straps 20, each having an opening therein. Pivoted to said strapsare. the arms 31, passed through the openings 30. At the otherends ofthe arms 31 are the books 32, designed to pass through the loops 19,'andthereby limit the downward movement of the end-gate when in position foruse as a shoveling-board, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Near each of thehooks 32 I have formed a notch 33. This notch serves the purpose ofsupporting the arms 31 when the end-gate is in the position illustratedin Fig. 2 of the drawings, said notch en gaging the loop 19 when in thisposition. The said straps 30 are of such shape and are so placedrelative to the loops 19 that when the end-gate is in its closedposition the said straps will pass through the loops 19 and then thearms 31 may hang straight downwardly, the said hooks 20 being providedfor'the purpose of engaging the arms 31 when in this position, so as toprevent them from rattling. In practical use it is obvious that theendgate and shoveling-board will be firmly supported in position as ashoveling-board by means of the arms 31. The lower edge of the end-gaterests between the arms 17 and the cross-piece 11, so that lateral andvertical movements of said end are thereby prevented.

- and 17 project through the openings 2; of

the end-gate. When this is done, the arms 31 may swing downwardly and beheld by the hooks 20. The end-gate is then locked by moving the levers25 to such position that the slide-bolts 27 will pass through theopenings 14 and 18. In this position the levers 25 will be held firmlyand prevented from rattling by means of the hooks 28, as abovedescribed. Assuming, further, that it is desired to dump the contents ofthe wagon-box without detaching the end-gate, it is obvious that thelower end of the levers 25 may be placed in position to withdraw thebolts 27, and the arms 31 may be detached from the hooks 20. Then thelower end of the end-gate may fr'e'ely swing rearwardly, thus permittingthe contents of the Wagon-box to discharge. When in this position, thepivoted arms 13 are of conside'rableadvantage, because they will permitthe end-gate to swing to a substantially horizontal position, as shownin Fig. 2, without detaching the end-gate from its fixtures, and, ifdesired, the end-gate may be supported in said position by permittingthe notches 33 in the arms 31 to engage the loops 19.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. The combination with a wagon and an end-gate having openingsthereimof two arms fixed to the wagon-box to project rearwardly andhaving openings in their ends, and two arms pivotally connected with thewagon-box above the first-mentioned arms and also having openings intheir ends, slide-bolts or the like on the rear end of the end-gate topass through the openings in the ends of said arms to lock the end-gateto the wagon-box, and arms pivoted to the endgate and adjustablyconnected with the wagon-box, for the purposes stated.

2. The combination with a wagon-box and an end-gate having openingstherein, of two arms fixed to the wagon-box near its lower end toproject rearwardly beyond the endsof the wagon-box and having openingsin their ends, and two arms pivoted to the wagon-box above thefirst-mentioned arms to swing in a vertical plane and also havingopenings in their outer ends, and stops to limit the movement of thesepivoted arms, slide-bolts secured to the rear surface of the end-gate topass through the openings in said arms, and arms pivoted to the end-gateand adj ustably connected with the wagon-box, for the pur= poses stated.

3. The combination with a wagon and an end-gate, of two arms fixed tothe rear lower corners of the wagon-bed and projected rear wardly, twoarms pivoted to the rear upper corners of the wagon-bed to swing inavertical plane, means for detachablyconnecting the end-gate with thelower arms, and means for detachably connecting the end-gate with theupper arms, and two rods pivoted to the sides of the end-gate andadjustabl-y connected with the sides of the Wagon-box to be capable ofsupporting the end=gate in a horizontal position with its lower endengaging" the bottom portion of the wagon-bed and also capable ofsupporting the end-gate with its upper end in engagement with thepivoted arms on the wagon-bed, and its other end extended straightrearwardly, substantially as and for the purposes stated.

4. The combination with a wagon-box, of a cross-piece projectingrearwardly and laterally, uprights secured to the outer surface of thewagon-box, arms pivoted to the upper portions of the uprights havingopenings in their free ends, stops for limiting the downward movement ofthese arms, arms fixed to the lower end of the uprights and projectedrearwardly and having openings in their rear ends, loops projectinglaterally from the sides of the wagon-box, hooks secured to the Wagonboxbeneath the said loops, an end-gate having side pieces to overlap thesaid uprights and also having openings to receive the said 10 to passthrough said hooks, and said hooks being designed to engage the loops tosupport the end-gate in position for use as a shoveling-board, and saidarms having notches therein to engage the loops and support the end-gatein its elevatedposition, substan- I5 tially. as and for the purposesstated.

DAVID K. WIER. Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, H. L. FRANCISCO.

